Abstract
Maternal-fetal therapy (MFT) is special because treatment of the fetus is exclusively possible through the body of another person, the pregnant woman. MFT is a broad specialty with diverse interventions. In this manuscript several examples of innovations in MFT are discussed to illustrate the shift of lifesaving interventions to interventions aiming to improve morbidity of the future child. The broadening of the scope and shift towards prenatal treatments improving morbidity result in new ethical challenges. Particularly attention is needed for counseling and (the risk of) therapeutic misconception.
| Translated title of the contribution | Developments in maternal-fetal therapy: from saving the fetus towards a better life for the future child |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Article number | D5575 |
| Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde |
| Volume | 165 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Apr 2021 |
Keywords
- Child
- Counseling/ethics
- Decision Making/ethics
- Female
- Fetal Diseases/therapy
- Fetal Therapies/ethics
- Fetus
- Humans
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications/therapy
- Prenatal Care/ethics